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UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but a nagging rise in medical costs and care utilization surprised Wall Street. Shares of the health care giant slid ...
A survey conducted a few weeks after the shooting found that most Americans believe health insurance profits or coverage denials bear some responsibility for Thompson’s death. Shares of UnitedHealth, a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, sank after Thompson’s shooting and fell about 4% on the year.
A survey conducted a few weeks after the shooting found that most Americans believe health insurance profits or coverage denials bear some responsibility for Thompson’s death. Shares of UnitedHealth, a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, sank after Thompson’s shooting and fell about 4% on the year.
"Voluntary/Out of pocket": private voluntary health insurance or direct payments by households. Click to enlarge. The chart below is older (2020 data) and breaks down the voluntary spending further by separating out-of-pocket payments. In this chart the items are stacked by color. There are a few other countries than just OECD countries. [2] [3]
The lower a family's income is, the less likely that they can purchase health insurance, according to 2008 US Census figures. About 14.5% of households with $50,000 to $75,000 in income did not have health insurance. While 24.5% of households with $25,000 or less income went without health insurance. [8]
According to a study by a pro-health reform group published February 11, the nation's largest five health insurance companies posted a 56 percent gain in 2009 profits over 2008. The insurers ( Anthem , UnitedHealth , Cigna , Aetna and Humana ) cover the majority of Americans with health insurance.
UnitedHealth bosses said adjusted earnings for the three months ending in December came in at $6.81 a share, up 10.6 percent from the same period last year and 9 cents ahead of the Wall Street ...
Greater spending on health should correlate with gains in life expectancy—but the U.S., the planet’s biggest per capita spender, lags significantly behind other developed nations by that measure.